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Learning Solutions Magazine: Adobe Integrates eLearning Brothers Templates into Captivate 9 by News Editor
This integration gives Captivate 9 developers instant access to over 25,000 templates directly within the software. eLearning Brothers Templates are now included in the purchase price of Captivate 9, giving developers the ability to create engaging, interactive, and inspiring courses.
edX: Learner Story: Ognjen Lezakov & Human Genetics
Ognjen Lezakov Age 21 | Novi Sad, Serbia I’m currently studying medicine in the University of Novi Sad. Although I took a course in human genetics, it was more about the fundamental genetics and some basic diseases but was more focused on inheritance. I took GeorgetownX’s Genomic Medicine Gets Personal. This course served both as a great review as well as a way to update... Read More about Learner Story: Ognjen Lezakov & Human Genetics The post Learner Story: Ognjen Lezakov & Human Genetics appeared first on edX Blog.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Five Considerations When Designing Engaging eLearning Courses by Kyle Chambers
“Engagement” is a word that gets thrown around a lot in articles about learning. But what is it, really, and how does an instructional designer or a development team successfully engage users of eLearning content? Here are some tips from an experienced game designer!
Saylor.org: Legacy course certificates and testing center closing August 26th!
Change is nearly upon us: The old testing center at school.saylor.org, which currently serves our set of legacy courses, will close down this coming Wednesday, 26 August, after 10:00 AM EDT (2:00 PM GMT). Learn.saylor.org, the current courses and testing site, will also be unavailable between 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM EDT (2:00 PM and 4:00 ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Women in eLearning: A Brave New Digital World by Lauralee Sheehan
What defines a “woman in tech”? In this growing digital world, that’s a question that needs asking. Given the ways in which tech careers are constantly evolving and changing, the obvious answer that equates “tech” with “STEM” no longer suffices. Here’s an insightful essay on finding a better answer.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Brain Science: Bursts—Creating Brief Training for Short Attention Spans by Art Kohn
Today’s learners have little tolerance for two-day lecture courses (or two-hour lectures, for that matter). In reaction, many organizations are now wondering about micro-training: short bursts of training that fit into 10 minutes or less. Is this reaction justified by claims that goldfish now have longer attention spans than people?
Learning Solutions Magazine: Adobe Debuts Learning Management System, Captivate Prime; Also Releases Captivate 9 by News Editor
Adobe Captivate Prime is a cloud-based self-service learning management system that enables eLearning professionals to easily set up, deliver, and track any form of learning. Adobe Captivate 9 features enhanced mobile authoring and more than 25,000 eLearning assets.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Seven Ways to Recycle eLearning Video Content by John Parsons
Video for eLearning is not just recorded lectures (long and boring) or high-end productions (long and expensive). It’s time to re-imagine video as a collection of shorter pieces—eLearning content that you can reuse and recycle—to reduce costs and increase our courseware flexibility.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Welcome to Obsidian Black: Bringing HTML5 Content to All Devices by News Editor
Obsidian Learning has released their new rapid authoring tool in Beta. Interested? Create a free early-access account to explore the tool!
Learning Solutions Magazine: New Content Links from The eLearning Guild (August 18, 2015) by Bill Brandon
New links to great content from The eLearning Guild, including a live event (requires registration). Other links to three videos: building your organization’s mobile strategy, tips for dealing with text shrink, and a DemoFest presentation on sales- staff training.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Two Resources: Building Your Design and Development Skills in September by Bill Brandon
Improving and expanding your skills is always a worthwhile investment! Regardless of your specific job title, level of experience, responsibilities, or organizational setting, the Guild Academy offers a broad range of educational opportunities that will help you master career-critical skills and knowledge.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Will Your Training and Performance Support Apps Stop Working in Google Chrome? by Phil Cowcill
In September 2013, Google announced that it would stop supporting a key technology that Java requires in order to run. By September 2015, Java will no longer run in the Chrome browser. How will this affect you? Find out in this article!
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Authoring: Taking the Next Step with xAPI by Craig Wiggins, Peter Berking, Andy Johnson and Steve Foreman
Authoring tools make it possible to create eLearning products, even by designers with no programming skills. These tools evolve constantly, but few of them have done much with the Experience API (xAPI). xAPI can do more than simply replicate SCORM’s tracking mechanisms. In this article, the authors offer new visions for xAPI that will create more effective and engaging online courses.
Saylor.org: The Straight Dope on convenient, affordable college credit options
A mention of Saylor Academy on the discussion forums of the legendary Straight Dope? That’s probably, like, one degree of separation from Cecil Adams. We’re honored. Speechless! (But capable of typing, hence this post.) Now that we’re done crowing, though, we suggest you take a look at the post if you or someone you love ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: New Content Links from The eLearning Guild (August 13, 2015) by Bill Brandon
New links to some of the latest content offered through The eLearning Guild. This week: curated industry content; tips on hot topics; creating depth and perspective; instructor-led delivery entirely by smartphone; and video for cutting-edge performance support.
Learning Solutions Magazine: eLearning Guild Research: 2015 Salary & Compensation Report—Readers' Survey Results by Sharon Vipond
For nearly a decade, The eLearning Guild’s Global eLearning Salary & Compensation Report has been the eLearning industry’s most trusted source of data on eLearning professionals’ salary and compensation. In July, we surveyed Guild members and asked them to tell us about the 2015 report and identify ways we can make the 2016 report even better. Here is an overview of results and key findings.
Saylor.org: Important changes coming to our Eportfolio system
Several big changes have happened with Saylor Academy so far this year, including: moving our courses from WordPress to Moodle, moving our discussion forums from WordPress to Discourse, launching new and improved certificates, and (this is the controversial one!) dividing our courses into the fully-supported group on Learn site and the unsupported group at our Legacy site. He is ... Read More ...
Learning Solutions Magazine: Marc My Words: Don't Call Them Learners! by Marc Rosenberg
What word do you use to describe or name the people who use the content you labor to create? How does a name affect the way you relate to the person(s) named? It probably does more than you think it does. Here are some thoughts about labels.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Rosalind Franklin's New Approach to Training Clinicians by Norm Wu
Hands-on learning through simulation is a cornerstone in 21st-century healthcare-professional school curricula. Simulations enable students to gain clinical proficiency by applying classroom and book knowledge to lifelike near-real clinical scenarios. By putting learning into action, students build clinical knowledge and skills. Here’s how it’s done at RFUMS in Chicago.
Saylor.org: Adamjee Life Academy Stories – Neelam
Neelam Malik-Tajani, learning with Saylor Academy as part of the Adamjee Life Academy initiative, talks about the need to practice juggling multiple tasks — while one is already juggling multiple tasks. Saylor Academy is great way of initiating the learning process. The purpose of choosing three particular courses was to learn how to manage the tasks ... Read More ...